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Training and Disciplining Kids

As promised, here are the details of the talk which I recently attended. The speaker is a mother of four teenagers.

It became clearer to me after the talk that most teenage-related issues like dependence in technology, not helping in the house, premature dating, etc can be minimized, if not avoided, if proper diligence was done during early childhood. What I meant by proper diligence is that children, as young as possible, should have been taught virtues.

So what’s a virtue? A virtue is a good habit done repeatedly whether the child likes it or not. An example of a virtue is order. You teach them order by asking them to tidy their beds/rooms in the morning, clean up as they go, put back toys.

Instilling virtues become harder the older the child is.

Quite logical. The same way that it is easier for my 6-year old to pick up a new language like Mandarin than for me to learn it for the rest of my life time.

Here are some of her wise advices. Best to hear it from her.

Parenting is a serious undertaking. Prayer life is very important. Talk to God about your children.